Industrial automation through the use of carbon fiber allows the facilities that incorporate it to improve efficiency through greater speed and precision.
Often, the most direct way to achieve these objectives is to reduce the weight and increase the rigidity of robotics and, in particular, of the moving parts.
Lightweight moving parts translate directly into higher speed on the production line, greater precision, reduced loads on motors and actuators, and improved reliability.
For many applications, such as high-volume injection molding, a reduction of 0.1 seconds in cycle time translates into annual savings of €300,000 or more. In fact, some of our clients have saved more than this amount in a single year with the help of our components.
We work with companies in the consumer products, semiconductor, beverage, injection molding, aerospace, and automotive industries, as well as many others that use robotics in their manufacturing or inspection processes.
In addition, we work with companies that specialize in the design and manufacture of automated systems to replace their obsolete metal components with lightweight carbon fiber composites, with typical weight reductions of 50% to 75%.
Many of these carbon fiber solutions are available to robotics and automation designers using basic structural materials (flat sheets, angles, hat stiffeners, C-channels, rectangular tubes).
Improvements can be easily designed and implemented in existing manufacturing lines with minimal changes, increasing performance and substantially reducing vibration, as well as wear on bearings and motors.
By using our tube connector systems, you will find a wide variety of additional options available.
For example, square and rectangular tubes can be connected with flat reinforcement plates, creating extremely strong but lightweight frames. Round tubes are easily connected using our connector systems to form trusses.
You can easily form fixed or removable structures.
And of course, if the application requires it, we can offer customized solutions with parts manufactured specifically to meet the needs of our clients.